• Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Where I’m from, you are required to adjust your speed to visibility.
    If someone has trouble seeing cyclists who have all the required visibility measures, they are driving too fast, or shouldn’t be driving at all.

    It’s hard to see this as anything else but allowing drivers to drive faster at the inconvenience of cyclists, under punishment of a felony.

    • WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world
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      If someone has trouble seeing cyclists who have all the required visibility measures

      That was the point I was making. Cyclists SHOULD be wearing/using all of these at night/in the rain, for everyone’s safety.

      If you can’t see cyclists during the day in fair weather without them wearing a hi-vis vest, you shouldn’t be driving. I think we’re on the same page there.

      • mjr@infosec.pub
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        21 hours ago

        Cyclists SHOULD be wearing/using all of these at night/in the rain, for everyone’s safety.

        Wouldn’t it make walkers and animals less safe because they’re not wearing them and motorists will be looking for hi-vis instead of ordinary people and animals. It might make motorists less safe too, because fallen trees and shed loads won’t have hi-vis on but hitting them will still kill some drivers and passengers.